Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-09
DRNOURAflC DUIY.
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Suchy Democratic Convention.


From the Louisville CourierJournal.
MR.CHAIRMAN ANprELLow DEMOCRATS:
take this 10 pe q dress parade OF the boys In i
the trencheA Laughter and applause
am but drummer myself [laughter1, but II
makes my heart swell with the pride Of .
sergeant major to look upon this magnificent 1
array Of Kentucky Democrats tApplause.)
1t il an unmistakable Sign that there is life in /
the PARTY yet. tArplause
There needs to bN Barely in the history Of |
the politics OF the country has there been
greater need Of some vitalizing current In
Democratic counsels than there now is, and
where shall We look to find this vitaliztng
current II not In kentuckyS The only die
tinct line Of Democratic policy, which ut this
time awakens the enthusiasm Of friends and
excites the denunciat,ou OF foes, Is every.
where described rs :" the Kentucky idea"
(CheerA And what Is the Kentucky idea.
II Is ~ lar as am able t. interpret II, and il
there he any thing do understand, as the old
| woman said Of her bluin" it is the Demo
/ cracy OF Kentucky great laughter 1T is
| sturdy cliuging to the idea that government
belongs to the many, and Is not the exclu.
/ sive property Of the few lapplausel and an
| obstinate insistsnce that this idea shall bs
l carried into every administrative and leais-
lative affair, and applied alike t. the self
| anointed and the unwashed. Applause.
Fellow Democrats, We have stumbled upon
times which, II they do not try mems souls,
are enough to nauseate dogs. Laughter.
L lurn whenever way you Will, IL sndi 20
lucky with you If you do not stick your nose
In . bottle Of patent me iiclue Pre- ,cflbed for
the regeneration OF mankind. The air Is full
Of nostrums There Is the Protectionists
wonderful Iron Tonic for making men rich
BY taxation. t,irest laughter there Is the
Mugwun rs Civil Service Elixir for purity.
| ing the system and perpetuating liberty by
| the ere ,tion Of an aristcSracy OF otfics upon
the ruins Of reprez sentative government
| [Cheer.,l There Is Fraua's own Pauper
Patriotic l.inimeut, which proposes to
extsrminste vagaoondsge by making every
tramp psnsioner, cheers aud con.
tinuous laughter, and which we should
have actually mad administered to us
but for the fly which Grover Cleveland
dropped into the first box OF the ointment
submitted to his inspection. Renewed
cheering There is that delicious, sugar
coated, 0ouble-compound educational cap.
/ sule whicl is to be given to every little mig.
/ ger in the land before he gees TO bed, and
when he gets up in the morning he shall
| come forth q scholar and a gentleman. Pro.
longed laughter Aud then there is FoN's
Universal Renovator aud Social, Moral and
/ Political Cure.all, the Teetotsl Prohibition
Porous Plaster, Laughter which will stick
/ to you like b:otner-and laughter which
| IL expected to convert every drinking saloon
| into temple OF Worship aud to repeope the
| world with new race OF red nosed angels.
Laughter and applause
] am against each and all of these quack
remedies [spplausel, and against the man
/ and more particularly against MIN II he
| claims to be Democrat Loud applause,
They are the vsporings OF mock sentimen
and the bastards OF psternal licentiousness
, / Applause They strike at the root OF ou
: / constitutional system, which was conceiyeC
l In the right OF man to govern himself ant
brought forth to meet the evil that mankinc
10 governed too much Applause 1t woulC
| amaze the fathers OF this republic to look IL
, / upon us to. day and to behold the elsborat,
, | architecture, and the costly and vatiegateC
: furniture with which the vanity and avsric,
| OF men and the ingenuity OF devils have con
: ! uived to overlay and decorate the simple re
, publican structure they bewed out of tht
/ | primeval forests Of nature and built upon thu
rocks Of liberty. lCheers.
II 1t be not the mission vi the Democratic
1 party to preserve in the new something o
, the spirit OF the old [applausel, to combin,
, | tradition with movement ana 10 Tighten tn,
/ highways OF progress with brands sna,chel
from the fire kindled by those who lsunche,
= / the ark OF the Union and made the cove
nsnt Of states cheers then there is n
future Tor us but a repetition of historic:
2. l which hal better never been. ! have TO
), ! lowed the morning star OF Democracy fror
" | the MONDAY OF secession through the darke,
hours OF the midnight OF reconstruction, an
\ ! with the dawn OF peace and reason hav
1t | seen 1t shine over q reunited people AZ
1t ! plausel Is bright and clear as the Star
4. / Bethlehem, which presaged the coming
;. Christ; and as truly rs l believe thi
God reigns and orders all things for gooC
D | 80 believe that this morning star of Demo
n | racy, which has returned to its meridian an
shines once more above the White House
Washington, pre- sages the final triumph
!. | freedom and tue reign forever and aye OF III
| psOples simple msjesty, Prolonged al
: | plAuse Ii is because l believe this that ai
- unwilling to yield one inch OF the people
10 | ground to the encroachment5 OF innovation
3, | and hold these innovations more dangerou
,, when they come clad in the ralment and fly
IS | ing the flag OF spurious Democracy
!. | [Cheers i had rather meet fifty enemit
!. | on the open plain in honest tight than on
single enemy disguised rs . friend. Al
: Let me urge upon this con invention, ther
. / the re.assertion OF each OF the Old tim'
4 | honored doctrines that has any bearing upo
a the present state OF public affairs the neeC
full Limitations OF the federal power the ur
! impaired rights OF the states the money
q the constitution, expressed in gold and silve
Il | and paper, convertible into coin upon dc
4 | mand the free education of the people
q | home; no sumptuary laws; no Politicls
| secret societies no more revenue than tn
) | government, economically administered, ca
= spend, and tariff laid upon the luxuries
life exclusively for public purposes
| (Cheers) These, fellow Democrats, Al
Ia | cardinal and automatic Democratic truth
y | and no Democrat can miss his way as Ion
u | ~ he sticks to them with all his heart. X,
q turn TO the trenches, entreat you, and hsy
b | ing laid aside your store clothes and put o
D, your homespuD, go TO work to substantial
1. them as embodied by the good men and tIu
selected by you to bear them on to victor,
| Prolonged cheers